Kota Bandung
Bandung is the capital city of West Java province, and the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. Nicknamed Parijs van Java by the Dutch for its resemblance to Paris and European atmosphere back in colonial times, it is locally called…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bandung Geological Museum and Merdeka Building.
Bandung Geological Museum
Museum
Photo: Utari Akhir Gusti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandung Geological Museum is a Museum in Bandung, Indonesia. The Museum was built in 1928 and inaugurated with the name "Geologische Museum" on 16 May, 1929.
Merdeka Building
Historic building
Merdeka Building is an Art Deco building in Jalan Asia-Afrika, Bandung, Indonesia. Today it serves as a museum displaying collections and photographs of the Asian–African Conference, the first Non-Aligned Movement event, which was held there in 1955.
Bandung railway station
Railway station
Photo: A2613, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bandung Station or Hall Station is the largest train station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Managed by Kereta Api Indonesia and its subsidiary KAI Commuter, it serves as the main station for Operational Area II Bandung of the KAI, administering Bandung and Priangan areas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Bandung and North Bandung.
Central Bandung
Photo: Sabung.hamster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Bandung forms the city centre of the city of Bandung. Although the area had been inhabited before, it was here that the city of Bandung was founded in the year 1810, at the place where the Great Post Road crosses the Cikapundung river.
North Bandung
Photo: Gunkarta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Bandung covers some of key urban expansions of Bandung during the early 20th century. It covers the Dago area with the ITB university campus and many cafés, restaurants, and the former colonial government centre of Gedung Sate.
Kota Bandung
- Also known as: “Bandung” and “Kotapradja Bandung”
- Location: Western Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.9167° or 6° 55′ southLongitude
107.6333° or 107° 38′ eastPopulation
2,540,000Elevation
694 metres (2,277 feet)Open location code
6P593JMM+88GeoNames ID
6559695
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In Other Languages
“Kota Bandung” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Kota Bandung”
- Indonesian: “Kotamadya Bandung”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kota Bandung”. Photo: Midori, CC BY 3.0.